Takumi Akiyama tossed two bullpen sessions on Saturday. He threw fifty-three pitches in his first session and about fifty pitches in his second. Source: Nikkan Sports 11/1/2014

Shintaro Fujinami will rest until the 4th and resume workouts on the 5th at Naruohama. Source: Nikkan Sports 11/1/2014

Tsuyoshi Nishioka will have surgery to clean out his right elbow. He started having problems with his elbow during spring camp this year. Surgery was an option, but he did not want to miss the start of the season and opted for rehab, treatment, and medication to tide him over to the off-season. Assuming no problems after the procedure, he should be okay for spring camp. Source: Daily Sports 11/1/2014 ... According to Sponichi, Nishioka will have the surgery on the 11th. Source: Sponichi 11/1/2014

Randy Messenger left for the United States out of Kansai International Airport on Saturday. Source: Daily Sports 11/1/2014

Yutaka Ono (59) will be special instructor during fall camp. He will begin working with the team on November 4. Source: official announcement

The Tigers announced that they received and accepted letters of resignations from head coach Masahiro Kuroda (66) and general coach Haruki Yoshitake (53). Source: official announcement

Daichi Osera wants to continue polishing his splitter. He tried it out during spring camp this year but could not get it to the point where he could use it in games. Source: Daily Sports 11/1/2014 ... Osera threw 105 pitches in the bullpen on Saturday. He was originally planning to end the session after about fifty pitches, but kept going because he felt he needed the work. Source: Nikkan Sports 11/1/2014

The Carp are planning to play four intra-squad games during fall camp. They have also scheduled two practices games against Seibu (November 9 at Nango and November 11 at Tenpuku). Source: Daily Sports 11/1/2014